This week’s mystery movie has been the 1935 MGM picture “Kind Lady,” starring Aline MacMahon, Basil Rathbone, Mary Carlisle, Frank Albertson, Dudley Digges, Doris Lloyd, Nola Luxford, Murray Kinnell, Eily Malyon, Justine Chase, Barbara Shields, Donald Meek and Frank Reigher. It was directed by George B. Seitz. The script was by Bernard Schubert, adapted from a successful play by Edward Chodorov, based on a story, “The Silver Mask,” by Hugh Walpole. The remarkable photography was by George Folsey.

The film opens with Christmas music and you might be expecting a holiday tale – but you would be terribly wrong. “Kind Lady” is suspense-thriller about what happens when woman’s charity is misplaced. Judging by the clips in the Los Angeles Times and New York Times, the film was eclipsed by the Broadway play, which ran for 82 performances in 1935 and was revived for 107 performances in 1940.

“Kind Lady” was remade in 1951 with Ethel Barrymore and Maurice Evans. Doris Lloyd is in both versions, but in different roles. As far as I can determine, “Kind Lady” is not currently available on DVD and was not released on VHS.

For Monday, we have a mystery woman.

Update: This is Nola Luxford.

And for Tuesday, we have another mystery woman.

This is rather mysterious Justine Chase in what was apparently her only film appearance. She was also in the Broadway version.

Here are two frames of a mystery fellow. It’s hard to get a sharp image of him because it’s a tracking shot and the individual frames are a bit murky.

Update: I added our friend because I thought some of our silent movie fans would recognize him. This is James “Jimmy” Aubrey.

Tues looks a bit like Barbara Stanwyck but it’s only Tues so there’s no way it possibly could be her! Tho as many films as she made, if it were Babs, it would take me until Friday (at least) to narrow down what film it might be!

I am having more trouble with your look-a-likes than I had with your back of the head series. Last weeks we had obscure character actors resembling Dana Andrews, Broderick Crawford and Harry Morgan and the week the First Lady of Noir.

This would be the 1935 version of Kind Lady. I was not going to name the now obvious cast but I cannot resist typing the name of Monday’s guest, Nola Luxford later Dolberg. I can also add that in the early 1960’s I had the excitement of sitting next to Ailine Mac Mahan at an off Broadway play starring her friend Marian Seldes. For what it’s worth, Ms MacM slipped her shoes off during the performance.